Jan. 2, 2007 - Nesting in Overdrive

Posted in Graceful Homekeeping

          I am doing some very serious nesting in my house right now.  I had a false alarm on Sunday but no baby.  It turns out that I was dehydrated.  Well duh!!!!  I should have known that.  I thought I was getting plenty of water but I guess not.  Right now I am storing large cups of Sonic ice in my freezer and filling those cups up 2-3 times a day.  And with the baby lying so low, I am in the potty room at least twice on hour.  URGH!!!! 

          ok, back to nesting.  Yes, that's right.  The classic nesting has begun in the Tryon household.  The kicker is that I am overdrive.  You see, I LOVE the beginning of a New Year.  To me it's kind of time simply to start over.  My dh and I decided to move the beginning of our school to January because we just get such a drive to start new things about this time.  So not only am I nesting before the baby gets here but I doing my typical New Year's organizational type work around the house.  Tomorrow I hope to post pictures of what I am doing with my school/play room.  I am really excited about where that is going.  

          I think I did about 2000 loads of laundry today.  I ripped apart my school room and closet.  I gathered all school supplies that I had all over the house (closet, office, kitchen, school room) and I organized them into $.99 clear shoe boxes from Walmart.  I LOVE CLEAR PLASTIC BOXES!!!  January is a very dangerous time for my dh.  I go nuts when they put plastic storage boxes on sale.  hehehehe!!!!!  Anyway, I think I filled about 12 of those boxes with supplies that I had in surplus.  I am glad I gathered all the supplies.  I don't think I will need to buy anymore for a long time.  LOL!!!!! 

          The laundry is still not done.  I bought the last of my cloth diaper this past weekend and they arrived today.  Now I am in the process of washing them so they will fluff up and be absorbant.  Drew is officially in cloth full-time (except this weekend when we got behind on everything.)  He is even sleeping in them.  Nothing will humble a parent more than having to clean a poppy cloth diaper.  <>  It's a good thing he's regular.  LOL!!!!!  I must the diapers on top of my boy's laundry tomorrow.  That should be another 2000 loads right there. 

          Tomorrow I will tackle the rest of my school closet.  I have several items in there I want to prep for sell on ebay.  There is also the aftermath of it being ripped apart to find all the extra supplies that I own.  I will need to move some of them back because they won't fit in the file cabinet where I put all our construction paper, card stock, and colored paper for school.  I am also planning to get into my storage closet under my stairs to straighten it up.  I need wash the bouncey chair cover and pull out the box that holds the cradle.  I also need to clean up coats and reteach my children that ALL coats must be hung on the hooks when they take them off.  The training is never ending.   

          It feels so good to be getting this stuff cleaned.  It was not in my plan to do any of this before the baby came BUT I need the distraction.  We'll see what happens over the next few weeks as I get more organized and then get a little further into school.  We are starting a new curriculum this month.  Tapestry of Grace is sooooo awesome.  It really fit smy personality.   But it's going to take a little while to get used to it.  Not to mention getting back into the swing of school in general.  I was hoping and praying the baby would come a little early simply so we didn't get too far into school and then need another break.  I don't think that is going to happen though. 

          Stay tuned for my next post on New Year's Resolutions!!!!